President Tinubu recalls all Nigerian Ambassadors

September 2, 2023 Wale Ponnle

All of Nigeria’s ambassadors, both career and non-career, have been recalled by President Bola Tinubu. Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, the minister of foreign affairs, announced this development on Saturday. In response to questions, Tuggar revealed that Tinubu had summoned Sarafa Ishola, the Nigerian ambassador to the UK.

“In respect to the inquiries on the letter recalling, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar who is the Nigerian ambassador to the UK and the Minister of Foreign Affairs has illuminated that all career ambassadors and non-career ambassadors have been recalled on the orders of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” according to a statement by Tuggar’s media assistant, Alkasim Abdulkadir.

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As representatives of the nation, ambassadors work under the president’s direction, and it is his right to send or recall them from any country.

The minister did not, however, provide an explanation for the recall. Former President Muhammadu Buhari appointed the present ambassadors, including Ishola.

However, Tinubu called him back when his term was up. Prior to that, Ishola served as the late former President Musa Yar’Adua’s Minister for Mines and Steel Development.

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